[INTRO]
[Distorted radio static. A voice, laughing. Not menacing—genuine, joyful.]
"Do you have a strategy? I don't. Never did. Never will."
[Beat drops — chaotic, unpredictable, barely held together.]
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[VERSE 1]
They asked me for a plan
I laughed and pulled the trigger
They asked me for a reason
I told 'em I was bigger
Than their factions, than their wars
Than their flags and their floors
I don't fight for credits, don't fight for fame
I fight 'cause nothing else feels the same
You got your Corps, your League, your lines
I got a trigger finger and time
You plot, you scheme, you calculate
I just accelerate
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[PRE-CHORUS]
You wanna know my secret?
There ain't one to find
I'm empty in the best way
I'm free inside my mind
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[CHORUS]
Jack-O! No strategy!
Just boosters and a dream!
You plan for victory—
I'll take the in-between!
No master, no mission
No leash, no chain
Just a pilot and a cockpit
And the joy of causing pain!
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[VERSE 2]
I've seen the heroes rise and fall
The saviors and the damned
They all had reasons, all had causes
All had blood on their hands
But me? I just like the sound
Of metal hitting ground
The way the sparks fly when you hit
The way the systems quit
You call it madness, call it broken
Call it what you will
I call it Tuesday, call it freedom
Call it standing still
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[PRE-CHORUS]
You wanna know my secret?
There ain't one to keep
I'm already what you're running from
I'm already what you fear to be
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[CHORUS]
Jack-O! No strategy!
Just boosters and a dream!
You plan for victory—
I'll take the in-between!
No master, no mission
No leash, no chain
Just a pilot and a cockpit
And the joy of causing pain!
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[BRIDGE]
[Track pulls back. Just a distorted guitar and Jack-O's voice, almost soft.]
They think I'm broken
Maybe I am
But broken things don't have to pretend
Don't have to bend
Don't have to be anything
Except what they are
And I am—
Laugh.
I am exactly what I choose to be
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[FINAL CHORUS]
[Full chaos. The beat falls apart and reassembles. Laughter woven through.]
JACK-O! NO STRATEGY!
(Never had one!)
JUST BOOSTERS AND A DREAM!
(Just the fight!)
YOU PLAN FOR VICTORY—
I'LL TAKE THE IN-BETWEEN!
NO MASTER, NO MISSION
NO LEASH, NO CHAIN!
JUST A PILOT AND A COCKPIT
AND THE JOY OF—
[BOOM — cut. Silence.]
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[OUTRO]
[Static. Jack-O's voice, calm, almost friendly:]
"Do you have a strategy?"
[Pause. A laugh, warm, genuine.]
"Me neither."
[Silence.]
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